Pears — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Pears — Area harvested was 4,040 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 4,040 ha for pears — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Greece peaked at 13,500 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 3,395 ha, in 2014.
That places Greece 35th out of 87 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 8,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 10,400 ha | +18.2% |
| 1967 | 11,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,700 ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 10,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 7,200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1972 | 9,600 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 9,100 ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 9,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 8,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 8,200 ha | -7.9% |
| 1977 | 7,600 ha | -7.3% |
| 1978 | 7,400 ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 7,200 ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 6,800 ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 6,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 7,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 13,500 ha | +87.5% |
| 1986 | 13,200 ha | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 13,060 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 12,460 ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 11,860 ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 11,650 ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 4,624 ha | -60.3% |
| 1992 | 4,553 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 4,477 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 4,403 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 4,265 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 4,223 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 4,238 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 4,180 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 4,400 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 4,320 ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 4,217 ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 4,320 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 4,342 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 4,339 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 4,348 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 4,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,379 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 4,380 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,303 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 4,275 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 4,571 ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 4,539 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 4,454 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 3,395 ha | -23.8% |
| 2015 | 3,787 ha | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 3,932 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 3,917 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 4,410 ha | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 4,340 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 5,420 ha | +24.9% |
| 2021 | 4,370 ha | -19.4% |
| 2022 | 4,350 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 4,090 ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 4,040 ha | -1.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 4,040 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 5.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Greece's 4,040 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,000 ha, 2.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Area harvested in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +87.5% | 7,200 ha | 13,500 ha |
| 1991 | -60.3% | 11,650 ha | 4,624 ha |
| 1972 | +33.3% | 7,200 ha | 9,600 ha |
| 1971 | -33.3% | 10,800 ha | 7,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,378 ha | 7,800 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,520 ha | 7,200 ha | 10,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,878 ha | 6,700 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,101 ha | 4,180 ha | 11,650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,330 ha | 4,217 ha | 4,380 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,162 ha | 3,395 ha | 4,571 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,454 ha | 4,040 ha | 5,420 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in Greece?
- Pears — area harvested in Greece was 4,040 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 13,500 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,395 ha in 2014.
- How does Greece rank for pears — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 35th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.